She recorded songbooks of the music of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin,Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern,Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

Over the years, the Newport Jazz Festival presented greats like Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song Mood Indigo about the deep blue color,indigo.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

In the song "The Telecasters" Duke Ellington musically recreates the three witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth."

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Yet,when a musician played with Duke Ellington, he usually stayed, sometimes for many years.

VOA: special.2010.08.15

They include Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington,Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday,Lionel Hampton and Herbie Hancock.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

The orchestra was Duke Ellington's first love.

VOA: special.2010.08.22

Ellington made five of his first six shots, including a three-pointer before ending the night with 20 points.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

In the late semifinal, North Carolina took an 8-6 lead on a three-pointer from Wayne Ellington three minutes into the game and never looked back.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

But Ellington says his team does not worry about outside expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05